Good day 13...

Ron, just in time to catch you...I was reading this and wanted to get this information to you..in part because Britain is and has always been one of ship-building.... It's mentioned  in an article of "Old History, New theory" ..about the "Titantic" why it may of really went down to it's dark watery death in 1912, killing more then 1,500 passengers...that one of the suvivors said before impact that they heard the sounds of what sounded like "going over 1,000 marbles"...the original theory was the hull's steel plattes were so brittle from the icy waters of the Atlantic that they exploded upon impact with the iceberg...proven false by others. The discovery of the ship in 1985 though lends to something entirely different..submersibles were able to retreive some of the rivets that held the steel plattes of the hull together....they found an flaw in them in their making..which weaken them instead of strengthing them...properly made they should of held the impact, but with the flaws they found, they felt they most likley popped off at the head, leaving one inch holes in the hull's plattes..if enough of them popped, it might indeed sound like an "thousands marbles" ..taking in water, if not separating the plattes eventually all together. The submersibles brought up 48 rivets to check them out, so far they have found an additional 19 of them that were flawed workmanship in their metallurgy. (never under-estimate the importance of your work and doing it well). by the way, the steel hulls were beyond the strength of most passenger ships...they were made "battleship " strength ...as it was this ship was advertised to been "unsinkable" for its day.  We can never take anything for granted I guess.

Hello everyone...woke up today to it raining outside, just completely the opposite from yesterday. I finished my book and purchased an couple others to read also. Grandson turns 9 years old tomarrow...my how time passes these days. It sounds like it's going to be an low-keyed birthday this year, mainly family...but I got some balloons and gifts and banner for him anyway. I wonder if they will do the little "whoop whoop" to the birthday song that got us laughing at Grandpa's recent birthday. Everyone is "laid back" and enjoying an lazy day for an change. Fireplace an all. Kids are reading an playing an bit also. On computers "visting"....my daughter in-law's family has an on going game with her side that they report into on "facebook" as to their progress reguarly...if not daily. With that I go for now... Have an good day. 

Happy Birthday to your Grandson Shirley. By the way Shirley - the chain and anchor for the Titanic was made in the Black Country at Netherton near where I live.

Hi everyone - not looking forward to the workload this week - still lots of tax returns to complete. It's been a busy weekend on here - took me ages to catch up with all what has been going on!!!!